Shopmen Strike Order Shuts Down Rail Walkout Expands
July 1 walks out across the United States as shopmen strike declared by leaders. Railroads press that the action will largely spare service while union and government leaders seek settlement, with 400000 members involved and early reports showing about 128 of 201 class one unions backing a near full walkout.
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Ali Her. W. Looper
Herboard
Hooper
Deral
Iit
Jewell
Farmers To Visit Havre Station July 20
Phillips County farmers plan a train trip to Havre Experiment Station on Thursday July 20 to inspect station work. About 25 farmers will travel No 3 overnight July 19 and return on No 4, arriving around 6 pm. One half fare permits a total cost near 5.50 from Malta. 30 spots only, first come.
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Havre
Phillips County
Farm Bureau
Philips County
Experiment Station
Great Northern Railway
Malta
Saco
Dodson
Box Car Shipment Sparks Rescue and Reunion
Five young girls shipped from Idaho in a box car with household goods were rescued by Mrs Mabelucker of the local Y M C A in Great Falls. The family moved to Canada and the girls were later reunited with their mother after railroad officials investigated.
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Great Falls
Mabelucker
Idaho
Canada
Tucker
Genevieve community notices mix of visits and events
The Genevieve area reports visits by Mrs Harris and Mr Ward to friends, dinners at Morgan and Thorny, dances at Jansey Tieden place, attendance at Farm Bureau picnics, school board meetings at Hinsdale, teaching assignments, several travel trips to Canada and Glasgow, and gatherings of locals with neighbors from Barr and Norwegian communities.
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Charley Harris
Ward
Saco Road
Mr. Ward
Barr
Marshall
Lowetta Hikok
White
Ebersole
Morgan
Hattie Hage
Helen Clark
Agnes Luraas
Miss Clark
Farm Bureau
Thorny
Dick Hibek
Glasgow
Elnor Johnson
Sam Hookland
Raymond Schirer
Canada
Jack Grady
Ted Hanson
Albert Johnson
Hinsdale
Grady
Bertha Harris
Alfred Johnson
Bertha
Castle Creek
Tuttle
Parson’s
Dan Gaasch
Genevieve
Keefer and Stilley
Lowetta Hicok
Dog
Tobison
Miss Hilgaarg
Williston
William Arndt
Arndt
Alice
Robert Will
Dr. Cockrell
Guardlille
Steve Dickinson
Martin Jensen
Harry Jensen
Nee Hanson
Hans Kjorsvick
Agness
Bowdoin Social Notes Mark Fourth Of July
Tuesday through the Fourth sightseers and families gathered across Bowdoin and nearby towns. J a Mayhew visited Tom Smiths while the Byjerke and Score families spent the Fourth at Milk River. Multiple families including Habedank Scholas and Lowells were noted in Glasgow Wolf Point and Content area. A wind storm caused minor damage in Bowdoin and hail damaged areas ten miles south.
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Byjerke
Score
Milk River
Worry and Weather Mark Rural Life in Storm Noise
The excerpt notes worries about grain and grasshoppers as everyday anxieties for farmers across regions. It mentions cows easing grocery bills, a local school term with Mrs. Lewis Verbeck, eighth grade diplomas for Bertha Osier Steven Osier and Rudolph Waal, and a lightning tragedy at C. Busche’s mate with Miss Anna Harbitt narrowly escaping a pole strike. A Huntley schoolhouse picnic drew a good crowd. A severe hailstorm damaged grain and gardens 35 to 40 percent, leaving white ground and hail stones for hours, with wind less destructive than feared.
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Lewis Verbeck
Bertha
Steven Osier
Rudolph Waal
Lower Whitewater social notes bring Wool and Oil talk
Levi Osier visited Saco on Saturday while Gertrude and Ruth Kapple stayed with Mrs. Lewis Verbeck. Tatham shipped wool from Saco. Local residents plan haying and dining at friends’ homes. Oil prospects excite Lower White Water residents as Huntsley school ends for summer. Florence Glascock returns from North Dakota after her grandfather’s funeral.
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Gertrude
Ruth Kapple
Mrs. Lewis Verbeck
Joe Albus
C. T. Glascock
O. C. Busche
Florence
North Dakota
Dempsey and the flag accused by American Legion
San Francisco July 3 Jack Dempsey is charged as a slacker for plans to wear the American flag as his colors in the Brennan title fight at Michigan City Patriots urge boycott based on wartime service record. The San Francisco County Council of the American Legion adopted resolutions stating Dempsey showed no patriotic instincts during World War I by avoiding military service.
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San Francisco
Jack
Dempsey
Bill Brennan
Michigan City
Unele Sam
Raffles Author Crime Tale Made Into Film at Palace
E W Hornung's Dead Men Tell No Tales has become a Vitagraph special and screens at the Palace tomorrow. A key scene shows the treasure ship Lady Jermyn destroyed by gunpowder explosion after a pirate gang sets it on fire to cover an Australian gold theft.
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Ernes
E. W. Hornung
Raffles
Tom Terris Vitagraph
Palace Theatre
Jermyn
Congress Gives $1000 for Mine Rescue Heroes Trophies
Washington July 3 Congress authorizes $1000 for the purchase and engraving of trophies to be awarded by the Bureau of Mines at the International Mine Rescue and First-Aid Contests. The prizes honor miners who performed notable rescue work during accidents. Teams from 75 to 100 mining centers in the United States Mexico and Canada participate annually.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of ‘Mines
Bureau of Mines
United States
Mexico
Canada
Commissioners of Fine Art
Husband and Wife Run in Blaine County Primary
Harlem July 3. Minn Cowan, a former Turner resident, will seek the Blaine County sheriff nomination as a Republican. Mrs Cowan runs for superintendent of schools on the same ticket. Likely the first Montana record of a husband and wife both candidates at once.
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Harlem
Minn
Cowan
Turner
Blaine
Montana
Harlem Tornado Damages Businesses and Homes
A July storm in Harlem caused about 20000 in damage to business houses and residences. The Lake Mercantile building's second floor collapsed, shattering telephones and flooding Main street stores. Northwest windows broke from hail and wind. several roofs were blown off. No injuries reported as most residents were away for the Fourth of July.
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Harlem
Lake Mercantile Company
Harlem Telephne Exchange
Hills
Dolken Livery Barn
Equity Elevator
Harlen Mercantile Company
Main Street
Great Falls
Deadlock in coal strike stalls basis for talks
Washington on July 3 reports a deadlock over a basis for settlement of the bituminous coal strike. Operators and United Mine Workers officials accepted a government suggestion to adjourn until next Monday. No proposal from the government was presented and no committee or firm program was set, though President Harding may present a plan when talks resume.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
T Ie
Harding
Ohio
Davis
Would Better World by Serious Incident
Hillsboro July 3. Mexican laborer Andy Ruiz of Taylor Springs fatally injured his sister-in-law and seriously wounded his wife during a domestic quarrel. The sheriff searches timber land near Hillsboro for Ruiz after he fled. A note attributed to Ruiz said he would shoot the woman because all women are bad and all men are good.
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Hillsboro
Til
Andy
Ruiz
Taylor Springs
Dead Men Tell No Tales at Palace Theatre
Vitagraph's half million production Dead Men Tell No Tales will be shown at the Palace Theatre tomorrow. A Tom Terriss film edited by Lilian and George Randolph Chester, it features night scenes, shipboard action, a dangerous explosion, and a dramatic tale with secret panels and hidden caves.
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Vitagraph
Palace Theatre
The
Palace
Tom Terriss
Lilian
George Randolph Chester
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Faran
Brfini
Saco Markets
Theodore Thompson
South Genevieve
Ole Swenson
Thompsons
George Parsons
Walter Whiting
Thoeny
Whitings
Harry Riggin
Betty
Rev. Riggin
Minnie Johnson
Roy Jones
Ed. Johnson
Rudy Hamry
A.j.johnson
Mr. Hamry
W. B. Dolson
Shook
Wisconsin
Frank Hopwood
Bowdoin News
Jas
Mayhew
Tom Smiths
O. F. Habedank
Scholas
Mrs. Wilbur
Wolf Point
Wm. Lowell
Jack Hittle
Messrs Smith, Rutherford, Murphy and Anderson
Bowdoin
Geo. Davis
Amos Davis
Lusbey
Lark Ills
M. H. Luskey
Wm. Nissen
Content
Wm. Young
Wm.Pewanka
Simon Walsh
Mr. Young
Lower Whitewater
Levi Osier
W. R. Tatham
Saco Jeading
Mrs. L. M Hoham
Palm and Busche
Hans ‘Waal
Ole Lowe
John Sonne
Anna Harbitz
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Dempsey and
the Flag
American Legion
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